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Mystery audiobook family-listening favorites are featured in this Voices in My Head column. Use these suggestions to pack your vacation travel bag or load up the kids’ listening devices. May is Mystery Month here at Booklist, but why not take spend the whole summer with the very best narrators sharing great stories? It’s no mystery [...]

Narrators have a terrific resource: AudioEloquence.com, maintained by Judith West and Heather Henderson. I spoke with these two narrators about the need for a collection of accent and pronunciation aids found on AudioEloquence, and have their interview below. I can’t wait to actually meet Judith & Heather at the Audio Publishers Association’s APAC conference in New York [...]

Audiobooks everywhere! Zombies, celebrities, and media icons – in print, out loud & on video. A round-up of audio awesomeness: I am a HUGE fan on the 2007 abridged audiobook version of Max Brooks’ World War Z, and CANNOT wait for the new & improved unabridged production – here’s some insider info from Brooks himself: [...]

Today’s video: Kirby Heyborne on recording the audiobook Scowlers, the newest from author Daniel Kraus. You may have joined the Heyborne fan club at the American Library Association’s annual meeting, where he rocked the house with his Ode to Librarians at the Odyssey Award celebration.   Daniel Kraus‘ Rotters, narrated by Kirby Heyborne, won the 2012 [...]

Scott Brick, narrator extraordinaire, shares a personal story that begins: Fact is, I have cancer. Read more about his inspirational journey to change the ending of his story on his blog, Scott Brick Presents.

Dog-lover Hilary Swank on Pack of Two, by Caroline Knapp and narrator Victor Bevine, chosen by fans to voice the Dungeons & Dragons works of author R.A. Salvatore. Enjoy this twin-pack of audiobook “Behind the Scenes” from Audible!      

The American Library Association’s review journal selects best media of 2012. Check out the complete list & linked reviews of 36 titles for children, adults, and teens – audiobooks, video, drama, children’s music, and storytelling: Video   Bag It. 2012. 78min. Docurama, DVD, $29.95 (1-4229-9577-1).If plastic is recyclable, why is it filling our oceans and landfills? Packed with [...]

I’m a huge fan of Scottoline & Serritella’s hilarious & heartwarming mother-daughter audiobooks. And I’m thrilled that Audiobook Community is hosting an audiobook Twitter chat tonight – here’s more… Don’t miss our upcoming Twitter Chat Audiobook Community (@Audiobook_Comm) will host audiobook listeners and special guest, author Francesca Serritella (@FSerritella) on Tuesday, December 11 at 8pm EST! Family travel over [...]

Finding the perfect audiobook voice? Hear from January LaVoy (narrator), Dan Zitt  (Random House Audio Director of Audio Production), David Rapkin (director), and Libba Bray (author) on the audition process for The Diviners. And for you real fans, there’s an 10-minute-plus extended version of the interviews here: http://youtu.be/WghgWICrc58  

Politics, music icons, audio for dogs, the year’s best titles & more. Here’s a mega round-up of all things audiobook! Audible has announced their list of the best audiobooks & narrator of the year: http://www.audible.com/int/Best_of_2012DEC/?source_code=AUDOR94NCEM112912&bp_ua=yes What are audiobook aficionados from across the pond listening to this holiday season? Read Sue Arnold’s suggestions in The Guardian [...]